Improved portfolio-stand



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L. DUBERNET, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IM PROVED PORTFOLIO-STAN D.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,624, dated May 9, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L. DUBERNET, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved PortfolioStand; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a transverse vertical section of this invention, the line .r x, Fig. 2, indicating the plane of section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.-

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-v thereby saving much labor and time, and also much wear and tear to the portfolios.

A represents a portfoliostand of the usual or' any desirable form or shape. It is composed of a platform, a, which rests upon legs or supports b, of suitable height, and to which the side wings, o, are secured by means of hinges d, so that the same can be turned up in a vertical position, as shown, or that they can be turned down to a horizontal position. Attached to the outside of each wing is a spring bolt or catch, e, the point of which engages with the teeth of a serrated segment, f, which is fastened to the under surface of the platform a, projecting toward both sides, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Instead of the spring-catches and serrated segments, however, other devices might be employed to sustain the side wings in the de sired position; and I- do not Wish to confine myself to the precise devices shown in the drawings, but reserve the right to change the same as may be desirable.` By raising one of the spring-catches clear of the teeth of its segmental bar the side wing to which said catch is attached can be turned down to any desired inclination, and after it has been brought in the requisite position it is held there by the catch, being leftfree to reen gage with the teeth of the serrated bar. The portfolios contained on the stand can thus `he opened and their contents examined witl|- out removing them from the stand. If ore or both of the side wings are turned down to a horizontal position, a table is formed on which the largest portfoliocau be opened or, if it is desirable to get at the contents of several portfolios, or to look up a certain picture contained in either of them, the side wings, or one of them, may be turned down partially and adjusted in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. l, on one side of the stand.

By the use of stands of this description much time and labor are saved now required for taking the portfolios from and to the stand; and, furthermore, the portfolios, beingleft in their place, are not exposed to any wear and tear, and they last much longer than when they are kept on stands of the ordinary con struction. Y.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I A portfolio-stand, A, with folding side wings, o, made adjustable by spring-catches and serrated segments, or their equivalents, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

L. DUBERNET. Witnesses:

W. HAUEE,

C. L. TOPLIEF.. 

